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Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag was detected near Kailua-Kona in Hawaii

Posted by admin on October 2, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.7778339S, -156.548172WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 12:32:55 / October 2, 2016 @ 12:32 pm. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:32:55 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61431436. Id of event: hv61431436. Exact location of event, depth 1.3 km, -156.548172° West, 19.7778339° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.3 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Hōlualoa, Kailua. Event epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.548172° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.7778339° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-02 12:32:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-02 12:37:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 133 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network hv The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 193 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv61431436 Id of event.
Event Code 61431436 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61431436, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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